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Problems/Comments

Dissolved fuel constituents were found in groundwater while evaluating site in 1987/88. Diesel fuel contamination found to be from former UST on site. Amount of fuel, date(s) of release, extent of contamination, and health impact unknown. USTs were removed in 9/89. Contaminated soil was excavated and stockpiled on site as of 11/4/90. Groundwater contamination known to remain. Contaminated soil from UST excavation spread out at Moose Creek Dam; soil removed and stockpiled at original site on 11/4/89.
Hazard ID 736 is a duplicate of this site, and therefore was labeled "non-qualifying" within the database.

Action Information

Action Date

Action

Description

DEC Staff

9/9/1987

Site Visit

FI; Nine water samples taken at Chena Project and analyzed for metals and volatile hazardous substances. Two wells indicated presence of petroleum hydrocarbons up to 0.6 ppm. No benzene detected.

* Not Assigned

9/11/1987

Site Visit

FI; Fairbanks North Star Borough sampled wells at Chena Lakes Recreation Area. Up to 2 ppb benzene detected in change house and water pumps # 13 and 18.

* Not Assigned

10/1/1987

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway

RAPR; "Environmental Assessment, Nike Tare Site Demolition, Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project, North Pole, Alaska". Demolition of site to include UST removal. Dust and smoke releases anticipated during demolition. 11/25/87 - DEC approved removal of USTs, well abandonment, and solid waste disposal, but wants confirmation of no groundwater contamination.

* Not Assigned

1/11/1988

Release Investigation

SI; U.S. Army Engineer Dist., Alaska Geotechnical Branch, Materials & Instrumentation Section "Nike Tare Site Demolition, Summary of Chemical Analysis for Cleanup of Underground Storage Tanks". Investigation included installation of 10 monitoring wells, soil and groundwater sampling and analysis, and field screening of samples. Two monitoring wells adjacent to 20,000 gallon UST showed contamination of up to 39,000 ppb xylenes. Additional samples taken on 1/23 & 1/24/88 showed benzene in two wells at up to 1600 ppb.

RAPR; R. Pickett with Army Corps submitted plan for removal and treatment of contaminated soil, which included spreading contaminated soil on road east of Moose Creek Dam. This practice was followed during excavation operations. DEC responded on 10/24/89 with requirements that all contaminated material be removed from road by 11/23/89 and a proposal for final disposal be submitted. Soil was removed by 11/4/89 and stockpiled near the original site.

* Not Assigned

10/19/1989

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Release Confirmed - Petroleum

LUST Site created in CSP for source area ID 76791 ADD;

* Not Assigned

12/4/1989

Site Visit

FI; Site visit by R. Little to inspect contaminated soil stockpiles. Found no berms or liners to contain soil.

DEC approved a UVOST Site Investigation Work Plan submitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Work Plan proposes to use Ultraviolet Optical Screening Tool (UVOST) to investigate potential and known release areas from former USTs. The investigation area includes the UST locations associated with DEC File Number 100.26.003 and 100.26.172.

Fred Vreeman

2/1/2012

Report or Workplan Review - Other

DEC provided review comments for the Draft 2011 UVOST Site Investigation Report, Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project, North Pole, AK, January 2012. Based on the review DEC requested additional temporary well points and/or an up-gradient monitoring well be installed to the north of the contaminant source area in order to verify the groundwater flow direction and to address any groundwater characterization data gaps.

Dennis Shepard

3/21/2012

Report or Workplan Review - Other

ADEC received the Final 2011 UVOST Site Investigation Report. The report concluded that two areas are impacted by DRO contamination in soil above Method two cleanup levels. One area on the northwest corner of the project office is estimated to contain 460 cubic yards of weathered arctic grade diesel (the report states that the contamination is likely a result of former military operations at the site Nike Site Tare). A smaller area was estimated to contain 55 cubic yards of DRO contaminated soil. The report recomends further evaluation/site characterization prior to a removal action. The report also concludes that groundwater at the site should be further evaluated. One of five groundwater samples encountered DRO contamination above the Table C cleanup level. No down-gradient groundwater samples have been collected. Installation of permanent monitoring wells were recomended for the site.

DEC Staff contacted Andrea Elconin of USACE to determine project status. To date, no work schedule has been established.

Dennis Shepard

6/2/2015

Update or Other Action

USACE provided an update to project status: USACE will issue an Inventory Project Report (INPR) to determine eligibility for the Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) program. It will take several months to prepare that report and make a determination on eligibility. Therefore no cleanup work will occur on this site in 2015.

Dennis Shepard

6/2/2015

Update or Other Action

USACE provided an update to project status: USACE will issue an Inventory Project Report (INPR) to determine eligibility for the Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) program. It will take several months to prepare that report and make a determination on eligibility. Therefore no cleanup work will occur on this site in 2015.

Dennis Shepard

8/7/2015

Report or Workplan Review - Other

DEC provided a formal approval for the Final 2011 UVOST Site Investigation Report.

Dennis Shepard

8/10/2015

Update or Other Action

Site Transferred to Joy Whitsel.

Dennis Shepard

12/1/2017

Update or Other Action

Hazard ID 736 with the site name "Chena Lakes Nike Site" was determined to be a duplicate of this site (Hazard ID 24156, site name "ACOE - Chena Lakes Nike Site). Hazard ID 736 was therefore deemed "non-qualifying" in ADEC's CS database.

Melinda Brunner

12/6/2017

Update or Other Action

Teleconference with U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) project manager to discuss project status. Federal funding requested for additional site characterization by USACE.

Melinda Brunner

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